Augusta Stowe-Gullen
Augusta Stowe-Gullen | |
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Augusta Stowe-Gullen (1857–1943), Canadian physician and suffragist | |
| Born | Ann Augusta Stowe July 27, 1857 |
| Died | September 25, 1943 (aged 86) |
| Education | Victoria College, Cobourg, Ontario (MD, 1883) |
| Occupations | Physician, lecturer, suffragist |
| Years active | c. 1883–1930s |
| Known for | First woman to graduate from a Canadian medical school |
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| Medical career | |
| Field | Medicine |
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| Awards | King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935) |
Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen (July 27, 1857 – September 25, 1943), was a Canadian medical doctor, lecturer and suffragist. She was born in Mount Pleasant, Ontario[1] as the daughter of Emily Howard Stowe and John Fiuscia Michael Heward Stowe. A plaque regarding her work can be found in Brant County, Ontario.[1]
Medical career
She is best known for being the first woman to graduate from a Canadian medical school (Faculty of Medicine at Victoria College, Cobourg[1]) in 1883. This made Emily and Augusta the first mother-daughter medical team in Canada.[1] Her appeal to Dr. Barrett and other medical people led to the establishment of the Ontario Medical College for Women.
She also had a notable career teaching medical topics at the Ontario Medical College for Women. She was a member of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, a founder of the National Council of Women and a member of the Senate of the University of Toronto among important roles she carried out during her lifetime. In 1935 she was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[2]
Activism
She was elected a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education in 1892, serving until 1896. Toronto allowed women to run for the Board of Education long before Ontario allowed this elsewhere.
Stowe-Gullen also helped her mother establish what would later be called Women's College Hospital.
A leading figure in the suffrage movement, she succeeded her mother as president of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1903.
She is known for her quotation "When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever."
She died at her home in Toronto on September 25, 1943.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen 1857-1943". Ontarioplaques.com. Alan L. Brown. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Fryer, Mary Beacock (1990). Emily Stowe: Doctor and Suffragist. Toronto and Oxford: Hanna Institute & Dundurn Press. p. 127. ISBN 1-55002-084-6.
- ^ "Death Takes Dr. Gullen". Windsor Star. Toronto. September 27, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.